QuickBooks Online Advanced Certification Is Updated And Live

February 25, 2015

6:00 PM

Intuit, the makers of QuickBooks and QuickBooks Online, announced that the newly updated

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New QBO Adv. Certification Badge

QuickBooks Online Advanced Certification is now live. The announcement we received stated "This certification consists of 5 Advanced Training Modules, 5 Supplemental Training Guides and a 5-section Certification Exam. The testing experience draws upon knowledge acquired from the QuickBooks Online Certification, your general accounting and/or bookkeeping experience, and the advanced training provided with the certification. We have updated the exam based on ProAdvisor feedback, select ProAdvisor focus study reviews and ProAdvisor pilot testing of the revised exam experience. The areas of feedback addressed in this update include: instruction and question revisions, scoring and partial credit and overall exam design."

Now it's up to you! Good luck with the exam.

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Editor's Comment: Despite the revisions to this exam, the best practices for taking the exam have not changed. Please remember to review all parts of the exam before starting any part, and to print out all exam questions and then use that as a 'study guide' comparing exam questions to the course study materials.

I must admit, the exam changes have been issued much sooner than I was expecting (by at least a month), so I don't know if that is a 'good sign' of 'bad'. Again my suggestion remains the same, "Don't rush to finish the exam, take adequate time to interpret each exam question, and study accordingly.

Murph

PS - and as Gary put it, "Good luck with the exam."

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ATTEMPTS

How many times can you attempt QBO Online Certification exam once you have failed 4 attempts to a particular section?

AK more than 9 years ago

The QBO Online Exams

You are allowed 4 attempts to pass the QuickBooks Online (Basic) Certification, if you do not pass within those attempts you must wait to take the exam again until either there is a 'new' exam, or' one year' which ever comes first (as I understand it).

You have three attempts to re-take any failed section of the QuickBooks Online Advanced Certification Exam, and I believe that the same standard applies as to renewed eligibility a new exam or one year (whichever comes first). This is why after the first version was withdrawn and the 2nd version issues that everyone had four total attempts to pass the new (2nd edition) exam, so long as you are still 'certified' in the most current version of the QB Online (Basic) Certification Exam.

But again these are my interpretations of the exam guidelines specified in the 'more information' section of your QuickBooks ProAdvisor Certification window for each of the specific examinations.

Murph

insightfulaccountant.com more than 9 years ago

I passed it yesterday

I was a big fail in December on the first module, burned through four attempts and felt I had entered correct answers to the three questions I missed at least once. I went through the materials again in anticipation and took the entire exam yesterday. It was appropriately hard, had the right amount of things that would trick those who are not paying attention to every detail, and a good amount of general testing of bookkeeping and accounting knowledge. I used Chrome without problems. I think they have made a good exam, and I obviously did not think so in December.

Brent Blackburn more than 9 years ago

How do you print out the exam questions before taking the test?

When I went to the exam, the implication is that if you click on the "Take Exam" button, it will count as one try (out of four) even if you save and exit.

Keith Gormezano more than 9 years ago

You can come and go from the exam at will

While it does count as your first attempt the moment you open the exam, you can save and exit the exam as many times as you want. There is no time frame in which you must complete any 'one' attempt.

When we were going through the first 'course' on the new exam at QuickBooks Connect we were advised that we should go thru the exam and screen print, or use a tool like Snag-it to capture the questions to review along with the study guides. This is the same approach people who have been taking the QB-Desktop Advanced Exam have been following for years.

Best of luck

insightfulaccountant.com more than 9 years ago

QBO Exam Error

I tried to take the exam today, and get an error from the website that runs the exam that my user cannot be found. Trying using firefox right from the QBOA dashboard....

Chris Ragain CPA more than 9 years ago

There were problems today....

My understanding is that there were problems with the ProAdvisor 'certification and examination' server today that limited and/or totally precluded access to any of the certification tests today. The extent to which this impacted the overall ProAdvisor community and/or for how long it might have, is unknown to me,

insightfulaccountant.com more than 9 years ago

Advanced badge...

Did they change the badge again? in the last 4 months ? They had advanced in red stripe previously, but now no red. ? .

George Williams more than 9 years ago

Actually I think WE used an older picture of the badge.

The original version didn't have a red stripe, and we were provided with a press copy of that badge for publication. I don't think we have received an updated copy for print purposes, but YOU are absolutely correct, the current 'official' version of both the Desktop and Online Advanced badges contain a red chevron.

insightfulaccountant.com more than 9 years ago